Gas-producer.



No. 866,032. Y

W. B. HUGHES.

yGAS PRGBUGER.

APPLIGATON FILED MAY 2?e N07.

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PATENTED SEPT. '1907.

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Application ned May 23,1907. selbige. mages.

To all 'whom tt ymay 'concer-M. r

eit known that l, WILLIAMlB. HUGHES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga arid State of Ohio, have invented certain Improvements in Gas-Producers, of which the following is 'a specification. 'j

This invention is a gas producer having a body terhopper depending from the bodyintothe chamber, a basin for holding water and ashes beneath the hopper,

hopper and basin. V

It is a leading object of my invention to produce an the operation of the producer. To this end a basin is used beneath the hopper for'lsupporting the ashes and holding `ivater for rotting them; an ash holding casing is formed around the bottomand beneath the body of the producer so as to incluse the hopper, `the basin, and the blower passing through the basin into the hopper; and pokers, supported in universal bea-rings, ex-

per and the basin.`

The accompanying drawing represents a vertical sectional view o the lower part of a producer made in accordance with my improvements.

. As shown in the drawings, the producer body l has drcal portion 2 liked thereto and a conical portion 3 fixed to the portion 2 and opening by a valve 4. Depending froin the body Within the Casing is the -ash hopper 5 and beneath the hopper is the basin 6 carried by a beam -7 supported by the easing.` Pokers 8, props erly spaced around the producer, extend through apen. tures 9 in the casing between the hopper and basin. These pokers have thereon the balls l0 which-revolve 2 l. in bearings ll carried by the casing, the pokers thus having universal bearings by which an operator grasping a handle B-au work the opposite yend about over a. considerable spacekand remove' ashes through 'the space between the hopperandbasin. `'ater is introduced to the basin, by means ofv a pipe or hose l2 extend through the casing, to Wet the ashes, ro them, and facilitate their removal, and also to provide moisture for evaporation and use in carrying on combustion in combination with air introduced by the blower in lieu of steanras now employed.

The blower 13 extends through` the easing beneath the basin and then upwardly through the Ybasin to a termination in a dome 14 ,Within tlie\body- It will be understood that thepokers may be mow able through the balls and lbearings providing-them with universal joints. i

Having described my invention, I clairn1- 1. A gas producer having a body; a bottom casing depending .therefrom n -Water and ash basin .in the casing beneath the body, and a poker extending through the caslng between the body and basin, said poker being movable transversely to its length. j

2. A gas producer having a body, s bottom easing depending therefrom, a basin beneath the body, and n. poker having a universal bearing disposed so as to permit it to be worked between the body and basin.

3. A gas producer having n body, a.l stationary basin beneath said body, and 'a bottom casing depending from said body and inclesing said basin.

4.*A gas produeerhaving a body,e hopper depending from said body, a stationary basin beneath said hopper, a

casing inclosing said hopper and basin, and al laterally: movable poker extending through an aperture `of said eas-l lng between said hopper and basin.

5. A gas producer having e. body, u stationary basin beneath said body, a casing depending from said body and inclosng said` basin, and a blower passing through said casing and basin.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name this 18th day of Moy, 1907, in the presence of the subscribing witnesses.

. WM. B. HUGHES.

Witnesses:

F. J. LAUGEn, E. S. SANbnnsoN. 

